San Diego congressional delegates pray for victims of Alexandria attack

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SAN DIEGO – Four of the five members of the San Diego-area congressional delegation called Wednesday for prayers for Rep. Steve Scalise, R- Louisiana, and four others who were shot Wednesday at a ballpark in Alexandria, Virginia, while practicing for an annual charity baseball game.

Scalise, the House majority whip, was shot in the hip and underwent surgery at a hospital, which reported Wednesday afternoon that he was in critical condition. Also wounded was Zack Barth, an aide to Rep. Roger Williams, R- Texas, a former congressional staffer who now works for Tyson Foods and one Capitol Police officer assigned to protect Scalise.

The shooter volunteered on the failed presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders, who issued a statement denouncing the violence, and had several previous minor run-ins with law enforcement.The Belleville News-Democrat reported that Hodgkinson belonged to several anti-Republican and anti-Trump Facebook groups.